Have you been SERVE’d?

Sometimes there are statements made that are so unbelievable, you just laugh out loud. I’m thinking things like “‘News’ is anything that anybody doesn’t want somebody to know.” the Action Alameda motto (no really, I’m serious).

I wasn’t expecting a milk through the nose moment while reading the pro-alameda school board recall website (S.E.R.V.E. – the acronym for the ironically named Seeking Equity & Respect for all Viewpoints in Education), I mean once you’ve read that SERVE is “researching glbt in the public schools and informing concerned Alamedans about the homosexual agenda, and the culture war being waged on the Island by the Bay,” you know that you’re in for a long ride.

But then I came upon a change in their treatise on how “Words like “anti-bullying”, “safe school”, “ally” and especially “feelings”. This is all by design, and pro-homosexual.” Get it? Talking about “feelings” is gay. But it gets better:

“The most overused term of “homosexual rights” activism is “tolerance”. “Tolerance” is used to bully those with non-homophobic opposition to homosexuality.”

What is non-homophobic opposition to homosexuality? Isn’t that homophobia? Which is defined as “prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality” I think that “opposition” and “dislike of” are synonyms.

So a group that has formed to seek Equity and Respect (it’s in their name for goodness sakes) is concerned about teaching “tolerance” because that includes a group of people that they are in “opposition to.” The Onion couldn’t have written this better.

If you want to understand what the concerns of the people organizing the School Board Recall are, check out their site. They can talk about including everyone all they want in public meetings, but nothing that anyone says about their disingenous position can be as damning as their own words. As for me, I’ll stick with tolerance and actively work to make sure it is a part of our schools curriculum.